Thursday, September 20th. Monthly general meeting starts at 7:30 PM in the upstairs meeting room of the Chinatown Public Safety Association (details below). We welcome your input and thoughts on pressing issues regarding the portrayal of Asian Americans in print, radio, television and movies. Among the topics we will be discussing are: – CBS hiring…
Thursday, August 16th. Monthly general meeting starts at 7:30 PM in the upstairs meeting room of the Chinatown Public Safety Association in Chinatown. Located at 823 N. Hill Street between Alpine and College Streets. We welcome your input and thoughts on pressing issues regarding the portrayal of Asian Americans in print, radio, television and movies.…
LOS ANGELES-MANAA (the Media Action Network for Asian Americans), the only organization solely dedicated to monitoring the media and advocating balanced, sensitive, and positive coverage and depictions of Asian Americans, is offended by Rob Schneider’s “yellow face” portrayal of a Japanese man in the current #1 movie in the country, I Now Pronounce You Chuck…
Thursday, July 19th. Monthly general meeting start at 7:30 PM at the Chinatown Public Safety Association in Chinatown. Located at 823 N. Hill Street between Alpine and College Streets. We welcome your input and thoughts on pressing issues regarding the portrayal of Asian Americans in print, radio, television and movies. Among the issues we will…
Saturday, June 16 – Want to participate in MANAA, but can’t make the monthly meetings in Chinatown? We’ll be having a special Saturday meeting at the International House of Pancakes in Covina. Time: 10:00 AM. Address: 702 S. Citrus Ave. Directions: Take the 10, exit Citrus, go north a few blocks. The IHOP will be…
The general meeting is back at the usual Chinatown location for Thursday, March 15th at 7:30 pm. We welcome your input and thoughts on pressing issues regarding the portrayal of Asian Americans in print, radio, television and movies. On April 23rd, MANAA will be meeting on the campus of Cal Poly Pomona. If you’ve wanted…
Instead of the usual general meeting this month, several folks from MANAA attended a special Writers Guild Association screening of “Letters from Iwo Jima.” Congratulations to director Clint Eastwood and screenwriter Iris Yamashita on this critically acclaimed film.
This year MANAA is celebrating its 15th anniversary. We welcome you to join at MANAA’s next general meeting: Thursday, January 18, 2007, to review the latest news regarding Asian Americans in the media, and discuss plans for special anniversary events. Can’t make the meeting? Send an email to manaaevents-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to receive monthly reminder/announcements.
Thank you for helping to make the MANAA Media Achievement Awards a great event! We announced the winner of MANAA’s scholarship contest; presented awards to the writers and creators of: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Lilo and Stitch, television series Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, and King of the Hill; and honored journalist Sam Chu…
The 10th MANAA Achievement Awards will be held on Thursday, November 9, at the University of Southern California’s Town and Gown. This is MANAA’s biggest event and fundraiser of the year. Volunteers needed to help out! Contact us at manaaletters@hotmail.com or come to our next general meeting. And check back here for updates! Next general…